Clothesline support



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CLOTHESLINE SUPPORT Filed Aug. 6, 1938 Fay.

1n venior ("as/kw [rroi A itorneys Patented July 16, 1940 UNITED STATESoLo'rnEsLiNE. SUPPORT Cosimo Carvotta, East Boston, Mass., assignor ofone-thirdto Joseph Sciortino and one-third to Ralph R. Musto, both ofBoston, Mass.

Application August 6,1938, Serial No. 223,520

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in supportsparticularly for clotheslines and has for its primary object to provide,in a manner as hereinafter set forth,

a device of this character embodying a novel construction, combinationand arrangement of parts through the medium of which sagging in thelower line of a pulley clothesline when weighted with clothes may begreatly reduced.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a clothesline support ofthe aforementioned character which will be comparatively simple inconstruction, strong, durable, highly eilicient and reliable in use,compact, light in weight, and

which may be manufactured at low cost.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of theinvention will become apparent from a study of the followingspecification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing whereinlike characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views, and wherein:

Figure l is a view in side elevation of my invention.

Figure 2 is a view in side elevation, showing the invention applied to aclothesline.

Figure 3 is a front elevational view of the invention.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, it will be seen that thereference numeral 5 designates generally'a length of wire rod bent toform a lower V-shaped portion A having arms 6 and I. The arm I is of alength substantially greater than the arm 6 and has projecting therefromand integral therewith an open loop portion B which terminates at itsfree end in a downwardly projecting leg portion 8. The arm 5 of theV-shaped portion A terminates in spaced relation to and substantiallyopposite the leg portion 8 of the open loop portion B, and is providedwith a segmental ridge or projection 8; n

A knurled sleeve I8 is slidably mounted on the leg 8 and is of suchlength as to bridge the gap betweenv the arm B and leg 8 when its lowerend portion abuts the projection 9 on the arm 8, as shown in Fig. 2 ofthe drawing.

between the arm 6 and the leg 8 while the sleeve I I8 is slid up the leg8 to disclose the gap be- 10 tween the leg 8 and arm 6. The sleeve I8 isthen permitted to slide down the leg 8 by the force of gravity and cometo rest on the projection 9 thereby bridging the gap between the leg 8and arm 6 and lock the lines within the 5 open loop portion B andV-shaped portion A.

Although I have shown and described herein a preferred embodiment of myinvention, it is to be definitely understood that I do not desire tolimit the application of the invention thereto, and any change orchanges may be made in the materials and in the structure andarrangement of the parts, within the spirit of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is: 25

Means for connecting together upper and lower reaches of an endlessclothesline comprising a member formed of a rod having one end portionbent into V-shape to form a wedge-shaped base for tightly receiving apart of the lower reach of the line, an intermediate part of the rodforming an extension of one limb of the V-shaped part with anotherportion bent into a substantially circular loop with its ends spacedapart, one end of the loop being connected with the extension and theother end of the loop connected with the oppositeend'portion of the rodwhich is inlongitudinal alignment with the short limb.- of the V-shapedpart but spaced therefrom to form an entrance opening for the spaceformed by the device, a sleeve loosely fitting around said 40 end partconnected with the loop and adapted to move downwardly by gravity toclose the opening and to fit over a portion of said short limb and aprojection on said short limb for limiting downward movement of thesleeve.

COSIMO CARVOTTA'

